Guantanamera!

Guantanamera!

Guantanamera was not my favorite film, but it was not horrible. I probably wouldn't watch it again. I find the Hispanic and Cuban culture in this film are vivid throughout, for example the cars, driving, food, and decorations inside the cars and houses. I also found it interesting how people hitchhike like it is nothing. In America, it's very dangerous and against the law. People in Hispanic culture, seem to hitchhike all the time and put their life in a stranger's hand.

I find it very degrading that the men hit the women all the time. The use of domestic violence is very common, and in the few movies we have seen the women eventually stand up for themselves, but in the real world do they really stand up against the men? The machoism that the male figures have is completely against what I believe. I don't think a man should tell a woman how to dress, act, and hit her. In America, women fought for their rights and society has come a long way compared to the early 1990's. I hope that Hispanic and Cuban culture make further advancements in women's rights.

This doesn't have to do with the Hispanic culture, but I would like to point out that Hispanic films have people die in the strangest ways. I think it is so werid that Candido died from seeing the man in the coffin and that Yoyita died when they finally were able to be together. It was the same for Like Water for Chocolate, with love causing death. I don't understand the point of it. Where are the happy endings? Why does someone always have to die for love?

Tara McFadden